⁹ Then the Lord said to Cain, “^(A)Where is Abel your brother?” And he said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?”

¹⁵ So the Lord said to him, “Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him ^(A)seven times as much.” And the Lord ^[a](B)placed a mark on Cain, so that no one finding him would kill him.